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EuroWire – January 2012 17
News
Corporate
Boffi has specialised in manufacturing
wooden reels since 1920.
Since 1970 it has had six production lines
completely electronically controlled for
reels with diameters between 400mm and
4,000mm.
Reels are guaranteed to ISO 9001:2008
certification, the PEFC standard
(Programme for the Endorsement of
Forest Certification; the world’s largest
forest certification system) and the
international standard FAO ISPM 15.
The product range includes:
• Reels made of spruce for wires, electric
cables, fibre optic, and steel cables,
plates, welding wire, tape, piping,
ropes, etc
• Treated according to the ISPM 15
FAO International Standard and
in autoclaves with anti-rotting,
anti-termite salts
• Recyclable, reusable, and one-way
economy
• Made of plywood, PVC, and cardboard
• Made of timber with flanges with iron
protective hoop
• Multi-layer and drum in steel for medium
speeds (500 rpm) for internal use
• Supplied unassembled in kit form
• Assembly service on the client’s premises
• Logistics and transport
• Components in iron (dished washers,
bushes with plate, tie rods, bolts,
nails)
Boffi SpA – Italy
Fax: +39 026 601 0462
Email:
Website:
ABB has secured a contract from
the Dutch-German transmission
system operator, TenneT, to provide
maintenance services for the DolWin2
link, built to take power from North
Sea wind farms to the grid of mainland
Germany.
DolWin2 will deploy an offshore
high-voltage direct current (HVDC)
system with a rating of over 900MW,
keeping electrical losses to below 1%
per converter station. The completed
link will be capable of supplying
over 1.5 million households with
wind-generated electricity, Energy
Business Review confirmed.
Under the three-year contract, which
has extension options, ABB will keep
up the land- and sea-based HVDC
converter stations connecting the wind
farms via an offshore platform to the
grid. DolWin2 links the 400MW Gode
Wind II wind farm and other offshore
wind farms to the grid.
Scheduled to be operational in 2015,
DolWin2 will have onshore and
offshore HVDC converter stations
and 135km of underwater and
underground DC cables.
ABB Ltd – Switzerland
Fax: +41 433 174 420
Email:
Website:
The reel specialists
It’s Seamless and
It’s SheathEx™
The New Process for High Voltage
Cable Sheathing
Main Features Include:
• Seamless aluminium sheath with no weld or bead
• Continuous extrusion (no stop marks) for very
long cable lengths
• Standard CCR rod with no pre-heat requirement
• Suitable for Power Cables up to 165mm Ø
• In-line Corrugation
Other Benefits Include:
• Low capital cost
• Low running costs
• Low energy requirement
• Low manpower
• Low maintenance
• High reliability
For more information visit:
Contact: +44 1233 627736 or
Visit BWE at Wire 2012, Hall 11 Stand F26
DolWin2
maintenance
secured